Livelihood:
Biodiversity:
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Participation: Community participation lies at the core of all SISC projects. We aim to empower communities through participation in unique learning processes. Without the input of local communities, development will not only fail to meet local needs, but is unlikely to be sustainable.
Water:
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Shangri-la Institute: Annual Project Reports
For up-to-date information on Shangri-la Institute projects, the latest annual reports from Water School for a Living Yangtze and Climate Change Education are now available to download in the Resources section.
Our Projects
Education for a Sustainable China
“Education, in its broadest sense, must be a vital part of all efforts to imagine and create new relations among people and to foster greater respect for the needs of the environment.”…
Community Education for Sustainable Development
The Community Education for Sustainable Development (CESD) programme facilitates social learning that empowers local communities to improve their livelihoods, conserve their natural and cultural heritage, and embed such learning in their institutions…
Water School for a Living Yangtze
The Water School is an environmental education project initiated in Austria by Swarovski. Key partners of the Water School China Programme include the National Centre for School Curriculum and Textbook Development: Ministry…
Climate Change Education
Climate change education is about helping learners understand and address the impacts of global warming today, while at the same time encouraging the change in attitudes and behaviour needed to put our…
Corporate Social Responsibility
At SISC we believe that sustainable development can be effective only with the cooperation from all sectors of society. Businesses and corporations, local NGOs, national and international institutions, schools and communities all…
Eco-China Initiative
The Eco-China Initiative will build on the Environmental Education (EE) guidelines jointly developed by SISC and the Ministry of Education to integrate learning on China’s rich and varied eco-systems, natural heritage and…
Eco-tourism
Canada Fund: Building a Community-based Ecological and Cultural Tourism Program in Shangri-la Developed over four months (from Sept. to Dec. 2011) this project has focused on building-up home-stay capacity and providing extended…
Education for a Sustainable China
SISC supports community-initiated education, conservation and cultural projects that empower local communities to engage in sustainable development. Over the last five years, SISC has implemented local and national programmes in China, promoting sustainable water resource management, community empowerment, and preservation of natural and cultural heritage. Selected highlights of our work and its impact on the schools and communities involved include:
- Establishing a network of more than 50 schools along the selected Yangtze River watersheds, dedicated to sustainable water-management education under Swarovski Water School Programme.
- Developing nine Community Learning Centres on the Tibetan Plateau as part of our Community Education for Sustainable Development Programme. The Centres provide training and activities focused on preserving indigenous culture and wisdom, and serve as a platform for building local capacity and eco-living.
- Facilitating Climate Change Education partnership with schools and universities across four regions of China, aiming to integrate global warming awareness into teaching curriculum and to develop CCE guidelines for recommendation to the Ministry of Education.
- Developing a long-standing partnership with Baima Xueshan Nature Reserve, as well as local monasteries, government officials and communities across the Tibetan Plateau.
Work With Us
SISC welcomes partnerships with other institutions and organizations. Current opportunities for cooperation include work on community development, CSR learning programmes, as well as collaboration on one of our ongoing projects, such as Water School for a Living Yangtze, Community Education for Sustainable Development, Biodiversity protection and Climate-change Education.
The Shangri-la Institute supports communities in Qinghai, Sichuan, Shangri-la, Chongqing, Wuhan and Shanghai and has administrative offices in Beijing.